HUMAN RIGHTS AS A COMPASS FOR OPERATIONALIZING THE LOSS AND DAMAGE FUND

The document outlines a human rights-based framework for the Loss and Damage Fund, emphasizing the need for inclusive governance, grants-based funding from historic polluters, and the provision of substantive redress for marginalized communities.

• The Loss and Damage Fund must provide effective remedy to those most affected by the climate crisis, utilizing a typology of substantive redress that includes restitution, compensation, rehabilitation, satisfaction, and guarantees of non-repetition.
• To ensure accountability and prevent human rights violations, the fund requires social and environmental safeguards, including human rights impact analysis and the exclusion of activities that result in forced evictions or displacement.
• Funding for loss and damage should be primarily public and grants-based to avoid increasing the debt burden of the Global South, as loans are considered ill-designed for addressing irreversible losses.
• The authors advocate for the 'polluter pays principle' to secure adequate funding, suggesting innovative sources such as international levies on commercial air passenger travel, shipping emissions, a Climate Damages Tax, and debt cancellation.
• Effective governance of the fund requires a representative Board where developing countries constitute the majority and where active observers from civil society and Indigenous Peoples can intervene in discussions and suggest agenda items.
• The document recommends the implementation of human rights-based, participatory Loss and Damage Needs Assessments (LDNAs) to identify the magnitude of both economic and non-economic losses, particularly for marginalized groups.

APA

Center for International Environmental Law (2023). HUMAN RIGHTS AS A COMPASS FOR OPERATIONALIZING THE LOSS AND DAMAGE FUND. https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Human-Rights-as-a-Compass-for-Operazionalizing-the-Loss-Damage-Fund_submission-Amnesty-and-CIEL_Feb-2023.pdf

Chicago

Center for International Environmental Law. HUMAN RIGHTS AS A COMPASS FOR OPERATIONALIZING THE LOSS AND DAMAGE FUND. 2023. https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Human-Rights-as-a-Compass-for-Operazionalizing-the-Loss-Damage-Fund_submission-Amnesty-and-CIEL_Feb-2023.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{centerforinternationalenvironmentallaw2023human, author = {{Center for International Environmental Law}}, title = {{HUMAN RIGHTS AS A COMPASS FOR OPERATIONALIZING THE LOSS AND DAMAGE FUND}}, institution = {Center for International Environmental Law}, year = {2023}, month = feb, url = {https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Human-Rights-as-a-Compass-for-Operazionalizing-the-Loss-Damage-Fund_submission-Amnesty-and-CIEL_Feb-2023.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }